In this framing article for the special issue we contrast the aims and ambitions of three core approaches to elites in transnational policy networks and highlight where they have productive overlaps. The core approaches employ three distinctive theoretical lenses in their investigations: fields, hegemony, and institutions. We discuss how these approaches trace elites in transnational policymaking and associated methods, such as network analysis, sequence analysis and field theory, which highlight different aspects of how elites in transnational policy networks operate. Most of the contributions are concerned with mapping out elite careers and why career trajectories matter for field and network positions in transnational policymaking. While the contributions share this in common, we highlight the different ways in which the approaches can be used to dissect the same issues. Our contributions include pieces on the Trump administration, the professional ecologies of transnational policy elites, the treatment of transboundary political problems, the characteristics of technocratic elites, the racial and gender composition of transnational elites, and professional competition over transnational policy issues.

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跨国政策网络中的精英

在针对特殊问题的这篇框架文章中，我们对比了跨国政策网络中精英的三种核心方法的目标和抱负，并强调了它们在生产性重叠方面的优势。核心方法在研究中采用了三种独特的理论视角：领域，霸权和制度。我们讨论了这些方法如何追踪跨国决策中的精英以及相关方法，例如网络分析，顺序分析和领域理论，这些方法突出了跨国政策网络中精英运作方式的不同方面。大多数贡献都与规划精英职业以及为何职业轨迹对跨国决策中的现场和网络职位很重要有关。尽管这些贡献有共同点，我们重点介绍了可用于剖析相同问题的不同方法。我们的贡献包括有关特朗普政府，跨国政策精英的专业生态，跨界政治问题的处理，技术官僚精英的特征，跨国精英的种族和性别构成以及针对跨国政策问题的专业竞争等方面的文章。